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Out Of Respect For Vartan Kupelian

Some of you may remember the name of Vartan Kupelian, once a beat writer for the Wings. He passed away today at the age of 73. (We share the same Armenian background and we discussed just that about 10 years ago when I introduced myself to him at a local event.)

Welcome back to Throwback Thursday, where we comb the THN archives to bring you something from our past.

This week in honor of Joe Louis Arena closing this weekend, a look back at when they said goodbye to their previous home -- the Detroit Olympia.